adargı

/adarɡɯ/

1. (adj.) scant, faint, feeble, dim (of light)

adargı jarıq — a faint light
adargı ot — a feeble fire
jarığı adargıdı — its light is dim

2. (adj.) meager, slight, negligible, next to nothing

adargı zat — a negligible amount
adargı bolsa da, amallıdı — small though he is, he is resourceful
adargı hayır — a meager profit
adargı haq — a meager payment
adargı zatnı berdi — he gave next to nothing

3. (adj.) narrowly, nearly, by a hair's breadth — This meaning belongs to the ablative form adargıdan.

adargıdan — by a hair's breadth
maşinanı tübüne tüşerge adargıdan qaldı — he came within a hair's breadth of falling under the car
adargıdan aytadı alay — he says so out of agitation

Degrees

Degrees — adargı
Degree	—form
base form	adargıscant
comparative — more	adargıraqscanter
intensifier — very	bek adargıvery scant
superlative — most	em adargıthe scantest

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — adargı
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki adargıdımine is scant	seniki adargıdıyours is scant	anıqı adargıdıhis is scant	bizniki adargıdıours is scant	sizniki adargıdıyours (pl.) is scant	alanıqı adargıdıtheirs is scant
comparative — more	meniki adargıraqdımine is scanter	seniki adargıraqdıyours is scanter	anıqı adargıraqdıhis is scanter	bizniki adargıraqdıours is scanter	sizniki adargıraqdıyours (pl.) is scanter	alanıqı adargıraqdıtheirs is scanter
intensifier — very	meniki bek adargıdımine is very scant	seniki bek adargıdıyours is very scant	anıqı bek adargıdıhis is very scant	bizniki bek adargıdıours is very scant	sizniki bek adargıdıyours (pl.) is very scant	alanıqı bek adargıdıtheirs is very scant
superlative — most	meniki em adargıdımine is the scantest	seniki em adargıdıyours is the scantest	anıqı em adargıdıhis is the scantest	bizniki em adargıdıours is the scantest	sizniki em adargıdıyours (pl.) is the scantest	alanıqı em adargıdıtheirs is the scantest

Several things

Several things — adargı
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile adargıdılamine are scant	senikile adargıdılayours are scant	anıqıla adargıdılahis are scant	biznikile adargıdılaours are scant	siznikile adargıdılayours (pl.) are scant	alanıqıla adargıdılatheirs are scant
comparative — more	menikile adargıraqdılamine are scanter	senikile adargıraqdılayours are scanter	anıqıla adargıraqdılahis are scanter	biznikile adargıraqdılaours are scanter	siznikile adargıraqdılayours (pl.) are scanter	alanıqıla adargıraqdılatheirs are scanter
intensifier — very	menikile bek adargıdılamine are very scant	senikile bek adargıdılayours are very scant	anıqıla bek adargıdılahis are very scant	biznikile bek adargıdılaours are very scant	siznikile bek adargıdılayours (pl.) are very scant	alanıqıla bek adargıdılatheirs are very scant
superlative — most	menikile em adargıdılamine are the scantest	senikile em adargıdılayours are the scantest	anıqıla em adargıdılahis are the scantest	biznikile em adargıdılaours are the scantest	siznikile em adargıdılayours (pl.) are the scantest	alanıqıla em adargıdılatheirs are the scantest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu adargıdı, bıla adargıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".